Ds has been on alimentum for a while, and doing well with it. Now that he's turned 1, the doc would like to take him off formula, and suggested Lactaid milk, as he cannot tolerate regular milk (screaming in pain, and diarea)
Anyone have any experience with this? I find the whole thing so odd, because he can eat a cream cheese sandwich no problem, and I've mixed yogurt with his baby cereal with no problems. But from the milk he screams

Our pediatrician explained to me that there are 3 components to milk: protein = lactose, fat = cream, and I forgot the other part I know I'm explaining it wrong...
Basically, the milk has the most lactose in it. And processed cheeses and yogurts are mostly cream. So for someone who is lactose intolerant, milk is the worst thing.
The Lactaid milk is processed, and the lactose is taken out. That's why it's ok for lactose intolerant people.

yeah, it's something about the milk. It's the most bothersome. But somehow yogurt and cheese isn't so bad. My dd had an allergic reaction from the dairy. She is not supposed to try it again until she turns two.

my ds is lactose intolerant. it took me a good year to figure it out. my pediatrician was not too helpful. As a baby I gave him only cholov yisroel similac....he only started having loose stool when he was two, I had a very hard time training him. (3.5) ...lots of accidents...anyway, poor kid. til we discovered that milk was the problem. I bought the lactaid tablets for him. it worked for about a month, and then he started having loose stool again. I swiched to rice dream. then I was told there was such a thing as lactose free milk! b"h, he has no problems now. he eats pizza and milk products w/o a problem, although he hardly eats them, because I taught him that he can't have milk. it is easier then explaining, this you could have and this you cant....

yogurt has cultures in it that ferment the yogurt and break down the lactose. commercial yogurt still has some lactose because the companies don't allow it to ferment as long as it takes to break it all down. some lactose intolerant people are ok with commercial yogurt anyway.

as far as cream cheese, it has lactose, but not as much as milk. I believe it's separated somewhat from the whey, which contains the most lactose. so the baby's probably sensitive to lactose in large quantities.
try lactaid and see what happens. he'll probably like it, it's sweeter than regular milk.

My kids are sensitive to milk - not lactose as much as it makes them phloemy and a cough. I give them either rice, soy or almond milk... depending and have done so since they were little - they are now 5 and 2 1/2. If you are careful with cholov yisroel lactaid at least here is cholov stam so it is an issue and even the tablets are also cholov stam.... and for us that wouldn't solve the problem anyways as the issue is not only the lactose... but I am lactose intolerant and yoghurt and cheeses bother me less but milk and soft cheese - like cottage etc do a number on me...
I would definitely try the non-dairy alternatives._________________************************
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yogurt has cultures in it that ferment the yogurt and break down the lactose. commercial yogurt still has some lactose because the companies don't allow it to ferment as long as it takes to break it all down. some lactose intolerant people are ok with commercial yogurt anyway.

as far as cream cheese, it has lactose, but not as much as milk. I believe it's separated somewhat from the whey, which contains the most lactose. so the baby's probably sensitive to lactose in large quantities.
try lactaid and see what happens. he'll probably like it, it' sweeter than regular milk.

Ds has been on alimentum for a while, and doing well with it. Now that he's turned 1, the doc would like to take him off formula, and suggested Lactaid milk, as he cannot tolerate regular milk (screaming in pain, and diarea)
Anyone have any experience with this? I find the whole thing so odd, because he can eat a cream cheese sandwich no problem, and I've mixed yogurt with his baby cereal with no problems. But from the milk he screams

If it's working and not his main source of food why take him off? I was on Nutramigen till age 3 or 5, I have to verify it. I used baby formula as a milk substitute till 13.